I wrote almost 1500 words for my dissertation this morning (some of which even have the potential to exist at the end of the project). Either I’m moving into a more confident headspace or my overloaded brain needed to release some of the data it was holding.

Used books, new to me.

Just arrived. Been waiting for this for years and look forward to reading.

Our latest post is a digital table full of Jerusalem-related goodies. For the main feature, we look at the northwest corner of Jerusalem's city wall as shown on a 19th-century model. Link here 👇🏽 approachingjerusalem.substack.com/p/jerusalem-in…

I’m thrilled to announce I still haven’t finished my paper.

First time at the Festival of Faith and Writing

New post! This one explores a recently uncovered Iron Age II tomb in the Old City and a photo of a rock-cut channel from 1854. Link below: approachingjerusalem.substack.com/p/jerusalem-in…

Our latest post discusses the results of a new radiocarbon study of Jerusalem and the arrangement of three towers built during the reign of Herod the Great as shown on a model of Jerusalem. Link 👇🏽 approachingjerusalem.substack.com/p/jerusalem-in…

How you hold a position reveals why you hold it.

The 3D model we all need sketchfab.com/3d-models/chal…

Our latest Jerusalem Tracker follows over 220 periodicals, 65 book publishers, and many popular websites in search of new material about historical Jerusalem. See the latest list at the link below: approachingjerusalem.substack.com/p/jerusalem-tr…

Geography map

Been meaning to write about this issue for a while and finally found the headspace to do it with two kids in the house.

“Why use the Oxford comma?”

Check out our latest post on historical Jerusalem at the link below: approachingjerusalem.substack.com/p/jerusalem-in…

Academic pet peeve: an annotated table of contents is not a "book review." I can pick up a book & ascertain this kind of information quickly enough. A good review is written by a thorough reader who engages a book's arguments & problems, & can situate it in the relevant field(s).

This is a bummer

Sign a petition to the publishers in Hachette v. Internet Archive: change.org/p/let-readers-…

Dissertation update: I finished the footnote I've been working on since the middle of last week.

An unfortunate truth I have to remind myself of every day.